Structural and electrochemical properties of gold-deposited carbon nanotube composites

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Kim, Jungsoo ^a   Rabbani, Mohammad Mahbub ^a   Kim, Dongmin ^b   Ree, Moonhor ^b   Yeum, Jeong Hyun ^c   Ko, Chang Hyun ^d   Kim, Yangdo ^e   Bae, Jong Seong ^f   Oh, Weontae ^a  

^a Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^e Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^f Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Composite; Electrostatic interaction; Energy band gap; Gold nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

C-V MEASUREMENT; CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITED CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION ENERGY; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; ENERGY BANDGAPS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON ABSORPTION; TEM; TEM IMAGES; UV/ VIS SPECTROSCOPY; XPS;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY GAP; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77949772226     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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